Monday, March 10, 2025
Exclusive: New York pension fund to divest half its shale companies- oil and gas 360

Exclusive: New York pension fund to divest half its shale companies

Finance Yahoo BOSTON – New York’s state pension fund will sell $238 million worth of stock and debt it holds across 21 shale oil and gas companies including Chesapeake Energy Corp, Hess Corp and Pioneer Natural Resources, saying they have not shown they are ready to move to a low-emissions economy. However, the fund will keep another 21 shale companies

Weekly Gas Storage: Inventories increase by 76 Bcf- oil and gas 360

More energy is used per person for transportation in states with low population density

EIA Oil & Gas 360 Publishers Note: Great report from the EIA – However I have one question – How will all of the people leaving the major population centers change this report?  According to the latest data estimates in the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) State Energy Data System (SEDS), people in geographically large states with small populations, such as Alaska,

New U.S. energy secretary slams NY for blocking gas pipelines- oil and gas 360

New U.S. energy secretary slams NY for blocking gas pipelines

Reuters WASHINGTON – New U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette slammed New York state regulators on Thursday for blocking pipelines that would bring natural gas from Appalachia to New England, but did not specify whether the Trump administration could do anything to push the projects forward. “Certain bad actors are trying to slow job creators and decrease the benefits for consumers,”

Exxon blasts N.Y. for walking back claims at end of trial - oil and gas 360

Exxon blasts N.Y. for walking back claims at end of trial

Houston Chronicle The New York attorney general’s office dropped its claim that Exxon Mobil Corp. intentionally misled investors about how it accounts for the financial risks of climate change, significantly diminishing the state’s case in the last minutes of a high-stakes securities fraud trial. Assistant Attorney General Jonathan Zweig caused a stir Thursday when he revealed during his closing statement

In Britain, Electric Cars Could Store Renewable Energy for Grid: National Power Co. - oil & gas 360

Colorado Joins California in Requiring Automakers to Sell More Electric Cars

From CNBC Colorado has become the 11th state to adopt California’s zero-emission-vehicle mandate forcing automakers to sell more electric cars in the state. The new rule was passed by Colorado’s air-quality commission by a vote of 8 to 1 on Aug. 23. It requires at least 5% of an automaker’s new car lineup to be electric vehicles, or EVs, by

Trump Administration Moves to Limit State Powers to Block Pipelines, Terminals

From Reuters The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday unveiled a proposal that would curb state powers to block pipelines and other energy projects, as part of the Trump administration’s effort to boost domestic oil, gas and coal development. The move, swiftly criticized by an organization representing progressive states, comes four months after President Donald Trump ordered the EPA here

E&P Diversifies Through Merger - Oil & Gas 360

E&P Diversifies Through Merger

By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Acquisition of Lineal Star completed in an all-stock transaction Camber Energy (stock ticker: CEI), an independent E&P with a new focus on adding midstream, downstream and field service activities, closed its previously announced acquisition of Lineal Star Holdings on Monday through an all-stock transaction by entry into an agreement and plan

Cuomo’s Opposition to Natural Gas Hurts Environment: Report  

From Crain’s New York Business  The Cuomo administration’s “blockade” on new natural-gas pipelines could drive up energy costs for New Yorkers and actually increase the state’s greenhouse-gas emission, a report from the Manhattan Institute argues.  The free-market think tank points to three separate large natural-gas pipelines that have been blocked by state environmental regulators. Most recently, the state Department of Environmental Conservation denied a water quality certificate

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Summer Drive Season More Costly as East Coast Refinery Burns

From Bloomberg Blaze contained at PES facility, major New York supplier, refinery is largest such complex in U.S. East Coast region Gasoline futures jumped the most in three months after an explosion and fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions oil refinery, the largest on the U.S. East Coast and a key supplier to the New York gasoline market. The fire

New York City Plans to Sell $5 Billion of Fossil Fuel Pension Holdings, Sues Oil Majors

Mayor Bill de Blasio, Comptroller Scott M. Stringer and other trustees of the city’s $189 billion pension funds announced today a plan to divest city funds from fossil fuel reserve owners within five years, which would make New York City the first major U.S. pension plan to do so. In total, the city’s five pension funds hold roughly $5 billion

ExxonMobil Responds to NY Attorney General’s Allegations

ExxonMobil Corp. lambasted New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman after he made what Exxon calls, “inflammatory, reckless, and false allegations,” regarding the manner in which the company evaluates the impact of global warming on its assets and operations. The NY AG’s stance is that ExxonMobil misled investigators in its use of proxy costs to estimate carbon impact. ExxonMobil uses proxy